Slevin's bunchgrass lizard
| Slevin's bunchgrass lizard | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Iguania |
| Family: | Phrynosomatidae |
| Genus: | Sceloporus |
| Species: | S. slevini
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| Binomial name | |
| Sceloporus slevini H.M. Smith, 1937
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Slevin's bunchgrass lizard (Sceloporus slevini) is a species of lizard in the family Phrynosomatidae. The species is indigenous to the southwestern United States and adjacent northern Mexico.[1]
Taxonomy and etymology
[edit | edit source]Described in 1937 by Hobart M. Smith, the species was named after the collector of the holotype specimen, Joseph R. Slevin.[3][4]
Geographic range
[edit | edit source]In the United States, S. slevini is found in southeastern Arizona. In Mexico, it is found in Chihuahua, northern Durango, northeastern Sinaloa, and eastern Sonora.[2]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]The preferred natural habitats of S. slevini are grassland and forest.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]Adults of S. slevinii have a snout-to-vent length (SVL) of 4–7 cm (1.6–2.8 in). The rows of lateral scales on the sides of the body are parallel to the rows of dorsal scales. The rows of femoral pores are separated at the midline by not more than two scales.[5]
Reproduction
[edit | edit source]References
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- ^ a b c Species Sceloporus slevini at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value). (Sceloporus scalaris slevini, new subspecies).
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- ^ Stebbins RC (2003). A Field Guide to Western Reptiles and Amphibians, Third Edition. The Peterson Field Guide Series ®. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. xiii + 533 pp., 56 color plates. (Sceloporus slevini, pp. 283–284 + Plate 30 + Map 94).
Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Jones LLC, Lovich RE (editors)(2009). Lizards of the American Southwest: A Photographic Field Guide. Tucson, Arizona: Rio Nuevo Publishers. 568 pp. Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).. (Sceloporus slevini, pp. 513–514).
- Tanner WW (1987). "Lizards and Turtles of Western Chihuahua". Great Basin Naturalist 47: 383–421. (Sceloporus slevini, new status, pp. 400–401).
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